IBS Intelligence Podcasts

Han Kao, Founder & CEO, Sanctor Capital In an interview with Gaia Lamperti of IBSi, Han Kao, CEO and Founder of Sanctor Capital, explored trends and risks related to the NFT space, as well as its potential to drive cryptocurrencies’ mass adoption.  With an increased amount of capital and users piling into the space, NFTs are becoming an exciting trend to watch, as it generates more and more interaction with blockchain technologies. But caution is needed as the market is not as liquid as many people think, and investors should be wary of which kind of NFTs they buy. 

James Hickman, COO, Ecospend‘Pay by bank’ is one of the key services being offered by TPPs in open banking. One such company, UK-based Ecospend, recently announced its latest partnership, with London Mutual Credit Union. However, Ecospend ought perhaps to be best known for being selected by the UK tax authority, HMRC, as the exclusive provider of API technology to the UK government for payment initiations across all HMRC’s tax regimes. In 6 months Ecospend processed over £1 billion in open banking payments in what is a first-of-its-kind contract with any government around the world. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to James Hickman, Chief Operating Officer of Ecospend

Shiran Moodley, Co-Head of Sustainable Finance, AbsaHow should Africa’s financial system encourage investment into the continent to help drive inclusive growth? Where does the responsibility for enabling a sustainable future lie and how can financial institutions and banks help ensure that no-one gets left behind? Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Shiran Moodley, Co-Head of Sustainable Finance at Absa.

Michel Roig, VP, Head of Business Line Payments & Access, FingerprintsResearch by Fingerprints in collaboration with Kantar shows an increasing appetite for biometric payment cards among French consumers thanks to the balance of security and convenience they offer for in-store payments. The analysis shows 59% of consumers would say ‘yes’ to a biometric payment card, up 8% on a year earlier. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Michel Roig, VP, Head of Business Line Payments & Access for Fingerprints about the report’s finding and the attractions of biometric payment cards.

Justin Fraser, VP Commercial & Business Development, Paysafe Insurance had lagged the banking sector in embracing digital transformation. However, the sector has now woken up to the challenges of the pandemic, changing consumer attitudes, and InsurTech challengers. In a white paper entitled Putting the insurance industry back in safe hands: the role of payments in digital transformation, Paysafe delves into how the insurance world is changing and the role of payments in transforming insurance and understanding the value of payments will be a key differentiator in the battle for market share. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks with Justin Fraser, VP Commercial & Business Development of Paysafe. 

Avinash Godkhindi, MD & CEO, ZaggleWith recently launching ZikZuk and foraying into the Neo Banking space in India, FinTech Zaggle is looking to disrupt the Indian FinTech industry. The company learnt about the challenges faced by Founders to access credit, to meet their business expenses and also manage their working capital. Leandra Monteiro of IBSi discusses the same with Avinash Godkhindi, MD & CEO of Zaggle. 

Georg Westin, CEO, MaxifyMaxify is a Swedish venture capital firm specialising in early-stage investments and innovative product development. CEO Georg Westin himself has a clutch of successful past exits. Now, through Maxify he is seeking to champion new kinds of business and fresh economic models. By supporting innovative technologists with a mix of pre-seed or seed funding and mentoring, he is looking to support entrepreneurs who have the ‘wow’ factor but who need guidance as well as capital investment. Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence speaks to Georg Westin, CEO of Maxify.

Bruno Cambounet, Head of Research, Sopra Banking SoftwareOpen finance is the next evolution of open banking. However, consumers and banks are only beginning to get to grips with open banking itself. Does the industry need to educate consumers more or is the label ‘open’ not important to banking customers? Bruno Cambounet, Head of Research at Sopra Banking Software tells Robin Amlôt that he reckons the race to open finance is on and that banks need to be on board.

Matt Phillips, VP, Head of Financial Services, UK & Ireland, Diebold NixdorfDiebold Nixdorf partnered with NielsenIQ to conduct a study of 12,000 consumers in 11 countries. The report Motivations in Modern Banking - Beyond the ‘Who’: Understanding Why Consumers Respond in Certain Ways reveals 5 ‘Tech Types’ (consumer personas) and their motivations, desires and expectations around banking technology. Matt Phillips, VP, Head of Financial Services for UK and Ireland, at Diebold Nixdorf, discusses the findings with Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence.

Jack Momose, CEO, DegicaFrom an in-house solution to online payments, Degica has developed a global payments platform facilitating merchants’ access to Japan and Korea. Launched in 2014, KOMOJU is a platform that offers access to all major payment methods in Japan, Korea and China and incorporates FX functionalities to enable merchants based outside these countries to receive funds in their desired currency, while processing currencies native to local markets.